Rotary Gala 2020 – Postponed due to COVID-19 concerns

Rotary Gala 2020 – Postponed

New date to be determined

Raffle Tickets – $25 / each  or 5 tickets for $100 and get a free entry Gala Ticket. Entry Gala Tickets – $25 / each

• Tickets can still be purchased at MidWestOne Bank, Active Health Chiropractic and from Rotary and WL Fine Arts Booster Club members.

This is what you have to look forward to:
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Master of Ceremonies-Rotarian, Steve Hanson
6:00 p.m. Silent Auction bidding begins.
Hors d’ouvres and libations served.
7:00-9:00 p.m. Silent Auction tables will close every 10 minutes beginning with the yellow table and concluding with the
light blue table. Following each table closing, bidding for Live Auction items will resume.
7:30 p.m. Splurge for Dessert & Flower Center piece bidding closes and dessert is served.
8:45 p.m. Raffle Ticket Sales Conclude
9:00 p.m. Drawing for Raffle Prizes

Our partner is the West Liberty Fine Arts Booster Club. Funds raised will be used to purchase a baby grand piano and instruments for the WL school’s band students.

The Gala requires hours of planning, coordination, and outreach for donations; all accomplished by Rotarians and our partner members.  Thank you to everyone for the work already accomplished prior to our lives being completely altered to slow the spread of COVID-19.

The 2020 Rotary Gala committees include:
Event – to assist with ordering of food and drinks; coordinating the dessert auction and the flower arrangement auction; and public relations (printing of tickets, creation of flyers and event promotional materials).
Committee members are:  Cindy Mays, Gretchen Nollman, Cliff McFerren, Wayne Steen, Lynne Sasmazer, Becky Vargas and Kathy Garrido.

Raffle Tickets – to assist with the designing, ordering, distribution and sale of Gala and raffle tickets.
Committee members are:  Wayne Steen and Ken Donnelly

Auction – to seek donations, encourage Rotary and partner members to provide outreach for donations, maintain a list of all donations, create the Gala program cover and content, coordinate the assignment of bidding numbers and the check-out process.
Committee members are:  Marian Hart, Tommie Petersen, Jodi Kelly, Marci Goullette, Jessica Madsen, Linley Heath, Cherie Lovell, and Melissa Stagg.